An unclaimed battery shipment returned from Seoul to Frankfurt with another destination still to reach. A Luxembourg company had bought the goods in Germany and sold them directly to a customer in Seoul. After the return, the task was to send the cargo to a Chinese company using the Luxembourg company's documents, without importing it into the EU.
A returned shipment with incorrect battery documentation
The cargo was 14 boxes of lithium-polymer batteries weighing 140 kg, identified as UN3480. The three-party transaction required the commercial documents and the returned cargo to remain connected through the onward movement.
There was also a handling issue to resolve in Frankfurt. The agent and sender had indicated the wrong battery section for the return shipment. The declaration and cargo markings needed correction before dispatch to the new destination.
Correcting the declaration before onward dispatch
In Frankfurt, the FreightHub Logistics team corrected the Shipper's Declaration and the markings on the goods. It then completed transit customs clearance and sent the shipment from Frankfurt to Shanghai under the Luxembourg company's documents.
Two weeks for the recorded movement
FreightHub Logistics reports that the full Frankfurt–Seoul–Frankfurt–China process took two weeks. That duration covers the full sequence, not just the return or the final Frankfurt–Shanghai leg. The customer avoided EU import clearance and the associated duties and import VAT for this movement.
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